On the
General
tab, in
Policy Name
, type a new name for your policy, or leave the default.

In
Description
, type a description of your policy.

Select
Use Windows to configure wireless network settings for clients
to specify that WLAN AutoConfig is used to configure wireless network adapter settings.

On the
General
tab, do one of the following:

To add and configure a new profile, click
Add
, and then select
Infrastructure
.

To edit an existing profile, select the profile you want to modify, and then click
Edit
.

On the
Connection
tab, in
Profile Name
, if you are adding a new profile, type a name for the profile. If you are editing a profile that is already added, use the existing profile name, or modify the name as needed.

In
Network Name(s) (SSID)
, type the service set identifier (SSID) for your wireless APs, and then click
Add
.

If your deployment uses multiple SSIDs and each wireless AP uses the same wireless security settings, repeat this step to add the SSID for each wireless AP to which you want this profile to apply.

If your deployment uses multiple SSIDs and the security settings for each SSID do not match, configure a separate profile for each group of SSIDs that use the same security settings. For example, if you have one group of wireless APs configured to use WPA2-Enterprise and AES, and another group of wireless APs to use WPA-Enterprise and TKIP, configure a profile for each group of wireless APs.

To specify that wireless clients automatically connect to wireless APs for which the SSID is specified in
Network Name(s) (SSID)
, select
Connect automatically when this network is in range
.

To specify that wireless clients connect to networks in order of preference, select
Connect to a more preferred network if available
.

If you deployed wireless access points that are configured to suppress the broadcast beacon, select
Connect even if the network is not broadcasting
.

Security Note

Enabling this option can create a security risk because wireless clients will probe for and attempt connections to any wireless network. By default, this setting is not enabled.

Click the
Security
tab. In
Select the security methods for this network
, in
Authentication
, select
WPA2-Enterprise
if it is supported by your wireless AP and wireless client network adapters. Otherwise, select
WPA-Enterprise
.

Note

Selecting WPA2 exposes settings for Fast Roaming that are not displayed if WPA is selected. The default settings for Fast Roaming are sufficient for most wireless deployments.

In
Max Authentication Failures
, specify the maximum number of failed attempts allowed before the user is notified that authentication has failed. By default, the value is set to “1.”

To specify that user credentials are held in cache, select
Cache user information for subsequent connections to this network
.

Click
Advanced
, and then configure the following:

To configure advanced 802.1X settings, in
IEEE 802.1X
, select
Enforce advanced 802.1X settings
, and then configure the following settings, depending on your needs:
Max Eapol-Start Msgs
,
Held Period
,
Start Period
, and
Auth Period
.

When the advanced 802.1X settings are enforced, the default values are sufficient for most wireless deployments.

To enable Single Sign On, select
Enable Single Sign On for this network
.

To specify when Single Sign On occurs, select either
Perform immediately before User Logon
or
Perform immediately after User Logon
, depending on your needs.

The remaining default values in
Single Sign On
are sufficient for typical wireless deployments.

To specify the maximum amount of time, in seconds, in which 802.1X authentication must complete and authorize network access, in
Max delay for connectivity (seconds)
, enter a value, depending on your needs.

To allow dialogs during Single Sing On, select
Allow additional dialogs to be displayed during Single Sign On
.

To specify that wireless computers are placed on one virtual local area network (VLAN) at startup, and then transitioned to a different network after the user logs on to the computer, select
This network uses different VLAN for authentication with machine and user credentials
.

To enable Fast Roaming, in
Fast Roaming
, select
Enable Pairwise Master Key (PMK) Caching
. The default values for
PMK Time to Live (minutes)
and
Number of entries in PMK Cache
are typically sufficient for Fast Roaming.

This setting limits the trusted root CAs that clients trust to the selected CAs. If no trusted root CAs are selected, then clients trust all root CAs listed in their trusted root certification authority store.

To specify which Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers your wired access clients must use for authentication and authorization, in
Connect to these servers
, type then name of each RADIUS server, exactly as it appears in the subject field of the server certificate. Use semicolons to specify multiple RADIUS server names.

For improved security and a better user experience, select
Do not prompt user to authorize new servers or trusted certification authorities
.

To configure your clients so that they will not send their identity in plaintext before the client has authenticated the RADIUS server, select
Enable Identity Privacy
, and then in
Anonymous Identity
, type a name or value, or leave the field empty.

For example, if
Enable Identity Privacy
is enabled and you use “guest” as the anonymous identity value, the identity response for a user with identity alice@realm is guest@realm. If you select
Enable Identity Privacy
but do not provide an anonymous identity value, the identity response is @realm.